Abstract
Many dunes contain structures, such as dune foot revetments or seaside boulevards, that are expected to collapse during conditions that occur more frequently than those for which the dunes need to provide protection against flooding. Large-scale physical model tests have been performed to analyse whether the presence of a collapsed dune revetment would have an increasing, decreasing or no effect on the amount of dune erosion compared to the situation of dunes without a revetment. Tests have been performed in a large wave flume for two types of structures, a sloping dune revetment and a profile of a seaside boulevard with a vertical and a horizontal part. The present study provides clear results for 2D situations; 3D situations are discussed but need to be addressed again based on future research.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2583-2595 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2008 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 31 Aug 2008 → 5 Sept 2008 |